Eusebius and the Jewish Authors

Eusebius and the Jewish Authors

Author: Sabrina Inowlocki

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2018-12-10

Total Pages: 359

ISBN-13: 9047408993

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In the first part, Eusebius and the Jewish Authors examines the citation process in ancient Greek literature and in Eusebius’ Praeparatio evangelica and Demonstratio evangelica. In the second part, it analyzes his perception of Judaism and his methodology in appropriating Jewish quotations.


Reconsidering Eusebius

Reconsidering Eusebius

Author: Sabrina Inowlocki

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2011-06-22

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 9004203850

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Drawing on history, philology, literature, archeology, and theology, this book offers new approaches to Eusebius' well and less known writings as well as to his unique contribution to late antique culture.


Eusebius, Christianity and Judaism

Eusebius, Christianity and Judaism

Author: Gohei Hata

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2022-10-04

Total Pages: 802

ISBN-13: 9004509135

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Eusebius of Caesarea lived at a crucial turning point in the history of the Christian church. He was an important witness to the polemical and apologetic attitudes that characterized much early Christian literature. The most voluminous writer of the early fourth century, he was also the first comprehensive historian of his community seeking a philosophy to explain the whole course of history from the beginning to his own time. This volume places Eusebius' work in proper perspective. The contributors, all recognized specialists in early Christianity, shed light on the person and circumstances of Eusebius himself. This collection of essays focuses on elements of the story that Eusebius tells — the story of the early church, its relationship to Judaism, or its confrontation with the Roman Empire — and explores gaps left by Eusebius. The writers offer a cross-section of current scholarly methods in the study of early Christianity and Judaism.


Christianity and the Transformation of the Book

Christianity and the Transformation of the Book

Author: Anthony Grafton

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2009-07-01

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 0674037863

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When early Christians began to study the Bible, and to write their own history and that of the Jews whom they claimed to supersede, they used scholarly methods invented by the librarians and literary critics of Hellenistic Alexandria. But Origen and Eusebius, two scholars of late Roman Caesarea, did far more. Both produced new kinds of books, in which parallel columns made possible critical comparisons previously unenvisioned, whether between biblical texts or between national histories. Eusebius went even farther, creating new research tools, new forms of history and polemic, and a new kind of library to support both research and book production. Christianity and the Transformation of the Book combines broad-gauged synthesis and close textual analysis to reconstruct the kinds of books and the ways of organizing scholarly inquiry and collaboration among the Christians of Caesarea, on the coast of Roman Palestine. The book explores the dialectical relationship between intellectual history and the history of the book, even as it expands our understanding of early Christian scholarship. Christianity and the Transformation of the Book attends to the social, religious, intellectual, and institutional contexts within which Origen and Eusebius worked, as well as the details of their scholarly practices--practices that, the authors argue, continued to define major sectors of Christian learning for almost two millennia and are, in many ways, still with us today.,


Eusebius as Church Historian

Eusebius as Church Historian

Author: Robert M. Grant

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2006-11-01

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 1597529575

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This study cast s some light on Eusebius and his times by tracing, or trying to trace, modifications in his views as expressed in the Church History. Everyone agrees that such modficiations can be found in Books VIIIÐX. This study seesk to find them in the first seven books as well. It does not make much difference whether we are illuminating the first quater of the fourth century or, in addition, the last years of the third century. In either case our sources for the history of Christianity are so meagre that closer analysis can only prove helpful. And whether or not one agrees with every detail of the portrait of Eusebius that begins to emerge, it is at least a picture of a human being, neither a saint nor intentionally a scoundrel. Eusebius' work is imprortant not just because of the documents he used but because of the ways in which he used them. These ways illuminate the history of the Christian Church in one of its most important transitions, a transition in which Eusebius himself played a prominent part. Ðadapted from the concluding chapter


The Library of Eusebius of Caesarea

The Library of Eusebius of Caesarea

Author: Andrew James Carriker

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2003-11-01

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 9047402316

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This volume reconstructs the contents of the library in Roman Palestine of Eusebius of Caesarea (ca. 265-339) by examining Eusebius’ major works, the Ecclesiastical History, Chronicon,Preparation for the Gospel, and Life of Constantine. After surveying the history of the library from its origins as an ecclesiastical archive and its true foundation by Origen of Alexandria to its disappearance in the seventh century, it discusses how Eusebius used his sources and then examines what specific works were available in the library in chapters devoted to philosophical works, poetry and rhetoric, histories, Jewish and Christian works, and contemporary documents. The book ends with a useful list of the contents of the library.


Eusebius

Eusebius

Author: Eusebius

Publisher: Kregel Academic

Published: 2012-02

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 0825494885

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Often called the "Father of Church History," Eusebius was the first to trace the rise of Christianity during its crucial first three centuries from Christ to Constantine. Our principal resource for earliest Christianity, The Church History presents a panorama of apostles, church fathers, emperors, bishops, heroes, heretics, confessors, and martyrs. This paperback edition includes Paul L. Maier's clear and precise translation, historical commentary on each book in The Church History, and numerous maps, illustrations, and photographs. Coupled with helpful indexes and the Loeb numbering system, these features promise to liberate Eusebius from previous outdated and stilted works, creating a new standard primary resource for readers interested in the early history of Christianity. Reviews of the hardcover edition: "The publication of a new translation of Eusebius's The Church History is an important event. This translation, along with the helpful introductions and commentary by Paul L. Maier, makes early history come alive." --Mark A. Noll, Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History, University of Notre Dame "There is no book more important to understanding the early church than Eusebius's The Church History. And there is no edition more readable and engaging than this one." --Mark Galli, Managing Editor, Christianity Today Paul L. Maier is the Russell H. Seibert Professor of Ancient History at Western Michigan University. He received his Ph.D. summa cum laude from the University of Basel, the first American ever to do so. Frequently interviewed for national radio, television, and newspapers, Maier is the author of numerous articles and books, both fiction and nonfiction, with several million books in print in sixteen languages. His publications include the award-winning translation, Josephus: The Essential Works.


Eusebius and Empire

Eusebius and Empire

Author: James Corke-Webster

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-01-10

Total Pages: 365

ISBN-13: 1108474071

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Presents a radical new reading of how Christian history was rewritten in the fourth century to suit its circumstances under Rome.


Ethnicity and Argument in Eusebius' Praeparatio Evangelica

Ethnicity and Argument in Eusebius' Praeparatio Evangelica

Author: Aaron P. Johnson

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2006-10-12

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 0191537861

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Eusebius' magisterial Praeparatio Evangelica (written sometime between AD 313 and 324) offers an apologetic defence of Christianity in the face of Greek accusations of irrationality and impiety. Though brimming with the quotations of other (often lost) Greek authors, the work is dominated by a clear and sustained argument. Against the tendency to see the Praeparatio as merely an anthology of other sources or a defence of monotheistic religion against paganism, Aaron P. Johnson seeks to appreciate Eusebius' contribution to the discourses of Christian identity by investigating the constructions of ethnic identity (especially Greek) at the heart of his work. Analysis of his `ethnic argumentation' exhibits a method of defending Christianity by construing its opponents as historically rooted nations, whose place in the narrative of world history serves to undermine the legitimacy of their claims to ancient wisdom and piety.